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News Archive

  • September 12, 2024

    Overview

    These frequently asked questions (FAQs) cover the Public Transportation Safety Certification Training Program (PTSCTP) regulation at...

  • September 12, 2024

    The Gateway Development Commission (GDC) in cooperation with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ TRANSIT) and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), propose the construction of a...

  • September 11, 2024

    The FTA has a vested interest in assisting recipients to maintain efficient and effective procurement systems as well as a responsibility to ensure that its recipients expend their funds in accordance with FTA regulations, the Uniform Administrative...

  • September 11, 2024

    The Fiscal Year 2024 Procurement System Review (PSR) Manual conveys FTA’s expectations of our PSR contractors for assessing procurement compliance of FTA recipients. This manual is a “back to basics” effort to identify the minimum procurement...

  • September 6, 2024

    Jeremy Furrer, Safety Policy and Promotion Division Chief in the Office of System Safety, reviewed the background of PTSCTP, provided a summary of the comments that FTA received on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and reviewed the updates that are...

  • September 6, 2024

    WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today signed an $893.3 million grant agreement with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) to support the construction of a...

  • September 4, 2024

    The Joint Development Circular 7050.1C provides guidance to FTA grant recipients on how to use FTA funds or FTA-funded real property for joint development – the coordinated development of transit facilities with non-transit commercial and residential...

  • September 3, 2024

    This fact sheet was jointly developed by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to bolster daily school attendance through transportation. The fact sheet, published on September 3, 2024, includes...

  • September 3, 2024

    Handbook on using data reports in the Transit Award Management System (TrAMS), FTA’s platform to award and manage federal grants...

  • August 29, 2024

    If a transit provider is new to Transit Asset Management and/or unfamiliar with the requirements of the Transit Asset Management Rule, the FTA recommends starting TAM research with the FTA TAM Checklists.